: Delhi: 9 lakh health and frontline workers to get vaccine in first phase, says Satyendar Jain #IndiaNEWS Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said that three lakh healthcare workers and six

Delhi: 9 lakh health and frontline workers to get vaccine in first phase, says Satyendar Jain #IndiaNEWS
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said that three lakh healthcare workers and six lakh frontline workers will be vaccinated in the first phase of the immunisation process against coronavirus in the national Capital, ANI reported. People above the age of 50 will be next in line for the vaccine, Jain said, according to NDTV.“The preparations for the rollout is underway in Delhi,??? the health minister said. “A storage facility has been created. We are preparing to set up 1,000 centers. We are setting up around 500 to 600 centers for the first phase. We will start administering the vaccine as soon as it is made available.???Jain’s comments came after the Drug Controller General of India approved restricted emergency use of vaccines developed by pharmaceutical companies, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech. Serum Institute is the local maker of Covishield, the vaccine developed by Oxford University and pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca, while Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is an indigenous vaccine, developed with backing from the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology. On Saturday, Jain had said that all residents of Delhi will be provided the vaccine free of cost and asserted that the Arvind Kejriwal-led government had made all arrangements for the vaccination drive, reported the...Read more

Stock Market NEWS Best intraday tips Intraday Stocks below 100